Mom and I attended on that rare night when the full roster of content was actually part of the show for Fringe Orphans 3. One of the advantages of the Fringe Orphans format, lining up random short content from a variety of artists, is that if some artists aren’t available on a particular night because of other Fringe shows in which they might be involved, still others are available to pitch in. Also, some artists that don’t have the time available to prepare a whole Fringe show can often be enticed into fitting a shorter sketch into their schedule. And on some nights, like this one, the stars and schedules align and everyone can perform the full range of shorts.

Mom pronounced this one “Just raunchy enough” and had a thoroughly good time. It’s no surprise The Sex (Ed) Show is selling out its venue. As racy as The Dirty Curls can often be in their choice of subject matter, they also really love their audience. They’re not there to shock or repulse anyone. They’re out to sing the praises of sex and sexuality as a healthy and fun part of life. Plus, as Mom quite rightly points out, Courtney McLean, Samantha Veldhouse. Anna Weggel and Lacey Ann Zeiler have gorgeous voices that sound even more gorgeous together. Sort of an angelic choir of mischievous sprites. Not only that, they play a mean guitar, banjo, mandolin and/or ukelele, and tambourine. (They also got an assist from token dude friend Kevin Scott on upright bass).

I love the fact that, at Fringe time, there are things called Happy Vagina Puppet Show. And that I have a mother who is game to accompany me to something called Happy Vagina Puppet Show. As previously tweeted, Mom was willing to be quoted as saying, “I’ve never seen so many vibrators in one place before.” And apparently they can also be used for eating pudding - just one of the many helpful hints you can take away from this show.

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